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Movies Like The Wizard of Lies

If you liked The Wizard of Lies (2017), a crime and drama movie directed by Barry Levinson, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Gotti

    Gotti (1996)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime and drama

    John Gotti, the head of a small New York mafia crew breaks a few of the old family rules. He rises to become the head of the Gambino family and the most well-known mafia boss in America. Life is good, but suspicion…

  2. 2American Psycho

    American Psycho (2000)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama and crime

    A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.

  3. 3Heist 88

    Heist 88 (2023)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime and drama

    A criminal mastermind recruits a group of young bank employees to steal 80 million dollars in one of the largest bank heist in US history.

  4. 4The Order

    The Order (2024)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime and drama

    A string of violent robberies in the Pacific Northwest leads veteran FBI agent Terry Husk into a white supremacist plot to overthrow the federal government.

  5. 5The Parallax View

    The Parallax View (1974)

    ★ 6.8/10Also crime and drama

    An ambitious reporter gets in trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.

  6. 6Fast Charlie

    Fast Charlie (2023)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime and drama

    When his aging mob boss is whacked, Charlie Swift, a loyal friend and hired gun, will stop at nothing to destroy the upcoming crew that took him out.

  7. 7The Informer

    The Informer (2019)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and crime

    In New York, former convict Pete Koslow, related to the Polish mafia, must deal with both Klimek the General, his ruthless boss, and the twisted ambitions of two federal agents, as he tries to survive and protect the…

  8. 8Collision

    Collision (2022)

    ★ 5.8/10Also crime and drama

    Over the course of one fateful day, a corrupt businessman and his socialite wife race to save their daughter from a notorious crime lord.

  9. 9Marathon Man

    Marathon Man (1976)

    ★ 7.2/10Also crime and drama

    A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.

  10. 10Casino

    Casino (1995)

    ★ 8/10Also crime and drama

    In Las Vegas, two best friends-a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.

  11. 11A Walk Among the Tombstones

    A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime and drama

    Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.

  12. 12Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs

    Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs (2014)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and crime

    Cult leader Warren Jeffs rises to power in the polygamist Mormon sect once headed by his late father, but some of his wives fight back to bring him to justice. Based on a true story.

  13. 13Reversal of Fortune

    Reversal of Fortune (1990)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and crime

    Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal.

  14. 14The Laundromat

    The Laundromat (2019)

    ★ 6/10Also crime and drama

    When a widow gets swindled out of insurance money, her search for answers leads to two cunning lawyers in Panama who hide cash for the superrich.

  15. 15Primal Fear

    Primal Fear (1996)

    ★ 7.7/10Also crime and drama

    Defense attorney Martin Vail takes on jobs for money and prestige rather than any sense of the greater good. His latest case involves an altar boy, accused of brutally murdering the archbishop of Chicago. Vail finds…

  16. 16Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

    Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and crime

    A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.

  17. 17Donnie Brasco

    Donnie Brasco (1997)

    ★ 7.5/10Also crime and drama

    An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and identifies more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.

  18. 18Inside Man

    Inside Man (2023)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime and drama

    Based on true events. A disgraced police detective seeking redemption goes undercover to expose a violent crime syndicate. But as he sinks deeper into the mob, the price for absolution may be higher than he can afford.

  19. 19The Town

    The Town (2010)

    ★ 7.2/10Also crime and drama

    A proficient group of thieves rob a bank and hold the manager hostage. Things begin to get complicated when one of the crew members falls in love with her.

  20. 20Ray Donovan: The Movie

    Ray Donovan: The Movie (2022)

    ★ 6.8/10Also crime and drama

    A showdown decades in the making brings the Donovan family legacy full circle. As the events that made Ray who he is today finally come to light, the Donovans find themselves drawn back to Boston to face the past. Each…

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